"Cannon and Ball Tommy Cannon (born Thomas Derbyshire, 27 June 1938) and Bobby Ball (born Robert Harper, 28 January 1944), known collectively as Cannon and Ball, are an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show ""The Cannon and Ball Show"", which lasted for nine years on ITV. The duo met in the early 1960s while working as welders in Oldham, Lancashire. They started out as singers working the pubs and clubs of Greater Manchester and switched to comedy after being told comics earned an extra £3 a night. They have continued to work as a comic"
"in August 2017 by Ben Elton. Elton's lecture focused on the future of the British sitcom. Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker, (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as ""Porridge"", ""The Two Ronnies"", and ""Open All Hours"". Barker began acting in repertory theatre and decided he was best suited to comic roles. He had his first success at the Oxford Playhouse and in roles in the West End including Tom Stoppard's ""The Real Inspector Hound"". During this period, he was in"
"Robert Webb Robert Patrick Webb (born 29 September 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer, and one half of the double act Mitchell and Webb, alongside David Mitchell. The two starred in the Channel 4 sitcom ""Peep Show"" and the sketch comedy programme ""That Mitchell and Webb Look,"" for which they then performed a stage adaption, ""The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb"". A film, ""Magicians"", was released in 2007. The duo also starred in the short-lived ""Ambassadors"". Webb headed the critically acclaimed sitcom ""The Smoking Room"" and was a performer in the sketch show ""Bruiser"". He stars alongside"
"Vic and Bob Vic and Bob, also known as Reeves and Mortimer, are a British comedy double act consisting of Vic Reeves (born 24 January 1959, real name James Roderick Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May 1959). They have written and starred in several comedy programmes on British television since 1990, with Reeves having made his first TV appearance in 1986. Reeves and Mortimer's comedy combines absurd, visually and verbally inventive material with traditional comedy double act staples such as violent, cartoonish slapstick (the duo frequently engage in escalating fights with large frying pans, baseball bats, hammers, etc.), often"
"Robert Daws Robert Daws (born 4 May 1959) is an English stage and television actor. Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Daws appeared in the 1982 stage play ""On Your Way, Riley!"" with Brian Murphy and Maureen Lipman. He played Tuppy Glossop in the early 1990s version of ""Jeeves and Wooster"". He played pompous cricket captain Roger Dervish alongside Brenda Blethyn in the ITV comedy drama ""Outside Edge"" 1994–96, for which he was nominated for Best Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards. He has also appeared in a number of one-off dramas including the 1997 BBC drama, ""The Missing Postman"". In"
"Robert Popper Robert Darren Popper (born 23 November 1967) is a British comedy producer, writer, actor, and author, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary ""Look Around You"", and creator of Channel 4's sitcom ""Friday Night Dinner"". He also wrote the books ""The Timewaster Letters"", ""Return of The Timewaster Letters"" and ""The Timewaster Diaries"" under the pseudonym Robin Cooper. Popper began his career in British television working for The Comic Strip under Peter Richardson. He then worked on the Channel 4 show, ""The Big Breakfast"", writing for comedy puppets, Zig and Zag. He also made his first appearance"
"Mortimer and Lisa Clark formed their own production company, Pett Productions, which has produced several television programs that have featured one or both comedians. In 2015, Vic and Bob received the Aardman Slapstick Visual Comedy Award for their significant contributions to the world of visual comedy. Vic and Bob Vic and Bob, also known as Reeves and Mortimer, are a British comedy double act consisting of Vic Reeves (born 24 January 1959, real name James Roderick Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May 1959). They have written and starred in several comedy programmes on British television since 1990, with Reeves"
"Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker, (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as ""Porridge"", ""The Two Ronnies"", and ""Open All Hours"". Barker began acting in repertory theatre and decided he was best suited to comic roles. He had his first success at the Oxford Playhouse and in roles in the West End including Tom Stoppard's ""The Real Inspector Hound"". During this period, he was in the cast of BBC radio and television comedies such as ""The Navy Lark"". He got his"
"been ranked among Britain's most successful exports. The slapstick and double entendre of Benny Hill also achieved very high ratings on UK television, as did the physical humour of ""Mr. Bean"". Popular comedy duos in television include ""The Two Ronnies"" and ""Morecambe and Wise"", with both shows featuring memorable sketches. ""Jeeves and Wooster"" starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an airy, nonchalant, gormless, idle young gentleman and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his calm, well-informed, and talented valet. Created by and starring Rik Mayall as Richie and Adrian Edmondson as Eddie, ""Bottom"" features two crude, perverted flatmates with no jobs and"
"Royston Vasey Royston Vasey is a fictional town in the BBC television comedy series ""The League of Gentlemen"". It was filmed in Hadfield, Derbyshire in England and is based on Alston, Cumbria. The preceding radio series ""On the Town with the League of Gentlemen"" was set in the equally fictional and almost identical town of Spent. Royston Vasey draws on the upbringing of all the League's members - Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson - all of whom were raised in the north of England. Royston Vasey is the real name of British stand-up comedian Roy 'Chubby'"
"1940. For the purposes of the film, the leading characters are somewhat modified (and, significantly, the screenplay is not written by Priwin): the actor who played Inspector Hornleigh on the BBC, S.J. Warmington, is here replaced by comedian Gordon Harker, and is given a bumbling comedic sidekick, played by Scottish comedy actor Alastair Sim. The BBC series was a serious detective drama. However, in this film the two leading characters play the script for laughs, and the casting of two well known comedy stars in the parts indicates that this was the Director's intention. Furthermore, the pair have dialogue which"
"Arena Magazine Awards for Best Comedy Show 2005<br> DVD: Nominated for a DVDA award, Best Comedy DVD, 2006 Look Around You (Series 1)<br> Co-Writer, Co-Star, Co-Producer, Co-Composer (with Peter Serafinowicz)<br> Nominated: BAFTA, Best Comedy Series, 2003<br> Nominated: British Comedy Award, Best New Comedy, 2003<br> Winner: Amazon.co.uk’s UK Comedy DVD of the year, 2003 Look Around You: Calcium<br> Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Co-Composer with Peter Serafinowicz, 20 minute comedy short film, 2001<br> Winner: London Portobello Film Festival (Springfest)<br> Special Mentions: Milan, Leeds, and Bradford Film Festivals<br> Finalist: London Greenwich Film Festival Robert Popper Robert Darren Popper (born 23 November 1967) is a British"
"water slide from his city office, all the way through the city and back to his home. Since 2015 Wilfort has been the voice of Samson (UK/US) in the CGI series of ""Thomas & Friends"". Also in 2015 he appeared as George Cavendish in the BBC's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novel ""Wolf Hall"". In 2015 and 2016, Wilfort played Bob Cratchit in the BBC drama ""Dickensian"". Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special - Jason Robert Wilfort Robert Wilfort (born 20 April 1977) is a Welsh actor from Porthcawl, who has made guest appearances on British television, including ""Rose and Maloney"", ""MI"
"Jacob Edwards (comedian) Jacob Edwards (born 28 December 1977) is a British comedian, writer, comic actor and television host. He is a regular on BBC 3's ""Live at the Electric"", appearing as the stand-up character Roger Showbusiness. Edwards hosted 'CTRL Freaks' on ""London Live"", the hidden camera prank series, where he took control of contestants' lives through their social media feeds. He is slated to appear in the feature film ""Burke & Hare"", alongside Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis. He was born in Westminster, London. Edwards grew up in Brighton, Sussex. He showed an early interest in performance, appearing at"
"Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries, (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only ""the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant comedian to emerge"
"Harry & Paul Harry & Paul (originally titled Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul) is a British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show. The show reunites the pair, who had success with ""Harry Enfield's Television Programme"" in the 1990s. The second series of the programme began on BBC One on 5 September 2008. This was the last series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins who died shortly before the programme's second series began. A third"
"(4.1% of the audience). Thanks to their work on ""Inside No. 9"", Pemberton and Shearsmith jointly won the 2014/2015 Royal Television Society Programme award for best comedy performance. The other nominees were Harry Enfield, for his performance in ""Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos"", and Sarah Hadland, for her performance in ""The Job Lot"". The pair were also jointly nominated for the 2015 British Academy Television Craft Award for comedy writer for their work on ""Inside No. 9"", but lost to Mackenzie Crook for his work on ""Detectorists"". Arthur Matthews and Matt Berry (""Toast of London"") and Mathew Baynton"
"being the first to perform a comedy gig in Shakespeare's Globe theatre. The Rubberbandits The Rubberbandits are an Irish comedy hip-hop duo from Limerick city. They consist of Blindboy Boatclub (real name Dave Chambers) and Mr Chrome (sometimes Bobby Chrome; real name Bob McGlynn). During performances and interviews, they conceal their identities with masks made from plastic shopping bags. They are often accompanied by DJ Willie O'DJ, a silent masked caricature of local politician Willie O'Dea (portrayed by several consecutive men, including Spin South West DJ Paul Webb). The group describe themselves as artists, and have dubbed their movement as"
"Dawson Bros. Dawson Bros. are a team of UK comedy writers. They are brothers Steve Dawson (born 1979) and Andrew Dawson (born 1977) and their childhood friend Tim Inman (born 1979). The trio were educated at Abingdon School during the 1990s. They have written on shows including That Mitchell and Webb Look, MTV Europe Music Awards, Total Wipeout, The Jonathan Ross Show, Take Me Out, The BRIT Awards, Happy Finish, Skins, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, Derren Brown's Trick or Treat, Balls of Steel, The Friday Night Project, The Royal Variety Performance, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and I'm a"
"sometimes performed, and therefore the uncle of the academic Adam Swift and the television personality Joe Swift and Rebecca. He was also the father of actress Julia Swift and father-in-law of actor David Bamber. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on 8 April 2016 at the age of 85. David Swift (actor) David Bernard Swift (3 April 1931 – 8 April 2016) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Henry Davenport in the topical comedy ""Drop the Dead Donkey"". He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Abram Sampson"
"Michael Darbyshire Michael Darbyshire (15 October 1917 – 20 November 1979) was an English television actor most famous for his portrayal of Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost in the long-running BBC TV children's comedy series ""Rentaghost"". The series continued after Darbyshire's death. He also played one of the eccentric inventors in the 1968 film ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", and appeared in the musical ""Pickwick"" (1965) and in the TV adaptation ""Pickwick"" for the BBC in 1969. He was also a prominent member of The Players Theatre Company based in London in Villiers Street, appearing regularly and also on many occasions"
"in Derbyshire and Steve Langstaff is 28 and originally comes from Hull. They now both live in Salford in Greater Manchester, where they produce their sketches. Him and Me Him and Me are a comedy duo who first found success with their YouTube videos. The duo is made up of Shea Taylor and Steve Langstaff, they perform their comedy live as well as writing and performing sketches for TV, including the Super Granny Nanny sketches for ""Dick and Dom's Funny Business"" on BBC Two and sketches for Manchester-based Channel M. Their most successful online video was a Lady Gaga spoof"
"the United Kingdom: Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries, (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter. For his delivery of dadaist and absurdist humour to millions, biographer Anne Pender described Humphries in 2010 as not only ""the most significant theatrical figure of our time … [but] the most significant"
"The Two Ronnies The Two Ronnies is a BBC television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired on BBC One from April 1971 to December 1987. It featured Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the two Ronnies of the title. The usual format included sketches, solo sections, serial stories and musical finales. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett met at the Buckstone Club in the Haymarket, London, where Ronnie Corbett was serving drinks between acting jobs. They were invited by David Frost to appear in his new show, ""The Frost Report"", with John Cleese, but the pair's"
"Harry Tate Ronald Macdonald Hutchison (4 July 1872 - 14 February 1940), professionally known as Harry Tate, was an English comedian who performed both in the music halls and in films. Tate worked for Henry Tate & Sons, Sugar Refiners before going on the stage, and took his stage name from them. Tate made his debut at the Oxford Music Hall in 1895, and became well known for his impressions of performers such as Dan Leno, George Robey, and Eugene Stratton. Success came with his comedy sketch, ""Motoring"", in which he played the part of a new car owner trying"
"Robert Fuller (actor) Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy ""Buddy"" Lee, July 29, 1933), is an American horse rancher and retired actor. He began his career on television, guest-starring primarily on Western programs, while appearing in two movies: ""The Brain from Planet Arous"" and ""Teenage Thunder"" (both in 1957). In his five decades of television, Fuller was known for his deep, raspy voice and was familiar to television viewers throughout the 1960s and 1970s from his co-starring roles as Jess Harper and Cooper Smith on the popular 1960s Western series ""Laramie"" and ""Wagon Train,"" and was also well known for his"
"of Water Rats. In 1979 they served as joint captains of the Variety Club of Great Britain's Golfing Society. Hope and Keen Mike Hope and Albie Keen were a British comedy double act. Cousins, the sons of British variety comedians Syd and Max Harrison, they first formed their act in 1956. In 1971 they were engaged for the West End show ""Meet Me In London"" at the ""Adelphi Theatre"". This was a ten-week ‘fill-in’- put on by impresario Harold Fielding after ""Charlie Girl"" closed at short notice and he was getting together a production of ""Show Boat"". Hope and Keen"
"Bobby Ball Robert Harper (born 28 January 1944), known professionally as Bobby Ball, is an English comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known as one half of the double act Cannon and Ball, with Tommy Cannon. They hosted their own ITV show ""The Cannon and Ball Show"" for nine years between 1979 and 1988. Ball has since gone on to star in various sitcoms and dramas including ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""Not Going Out"". In 2005, Ball took part in the fifth series of ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". Ball was born at Boundary"
"David Daker Colin David Daker (born 29 September 1935 in Bilston, Staffordshire) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Harry Crawford in the hit series ""Boon"". He also played Tommy Mackay in ""Only Fools and Horses"" and Jarvis in ""Porridge"". He has made two appearances in ""Minder"", the first in the second episode of the second series (""Who's Wife Is It Anyway"") in which he played Alex, an owner of an antique shop; his second appearance being in the second episode of the sixth series (""Life In The Fast Food Lane"") in which he played"
"here and tipping my hat to him."" Ronnie Corbett Ronald Balfour Corbett, CBE (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and broadcaster, best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show ""The Two Ronnies"". He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme ""The Frost Report"" (with Barker) and subsequently starred in sitcoms such as ""No – That's Me Over Here!"", ""Now Look Here"", and ""Sorry!"" Corbett was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Balfour Corbett (1898–1974), a master baker, and his London-born"
"Tickets"" whilst his 2016 show was entitled ""Jesus Christ Is A Window Cleaner Now"". He appears in a minor role in the 2016 Ken Loach film ""I, Daniel Blake"". Gavin Webster Gavin Webster (born 13 November 1969 in Blaydon-on-Tyne) is an English stand-up comedian. He made his debut in 1993 at the Barley Mow pub in Gateshead, on the same bill as Ross Noble. His television work includes ""Never Mind The Buzzcocks"", ""The Stand-up Show"", ""Does Doug Know"", ""Take The Mike"", ""The Regionnaires"", ""The Eleven O Clock show"", ""The Comedy Store"", ""Comedy Blue"" and ""The World Stand Up Tour"" (Channel"
"life in Bilston. James Fleet (born 1954) is a British actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series ""The Vicar of Dibley"". David Daker, born in Bilston in 1935, is a British actor. His best-known roles are in television. He played PC Owen Culshaw in Z-Cars, Jarvis in Porridge, Captain Nathan Spiker in Dick Turpin and Harry Crawford in Boon. Don Powell, drummer in the band Slade, was born in"
"spin-off from ""Harry Enfield and Chums"". In 2014, he appeared in ""The Life of Rock with Brian Pern"" as John, the bassist of the fictional prog rock band Thotch. In 2015, he helped co-write Paul Whitehouse's sitcom ""Nurse"", based on his Radio 4 show of the same name, which debuted on BBC 2 on 10 March. David Cummings (musician) David Cummings (sometimes credited as Dave Cummings) is a British musician and scriptwriter. He is best known for writing for British television comedies such as ""The Fast Show"", and in the music world for being a guitarist in Del Amitri between"